Oregon Libertarian Party chair Wes Wagner has announced in IPR comments that he intends on running for chair of the Libertarian National Committee (from IPR comments): Well I finally did it. I figured it was time to pay my dues considering that I intend to go to Vegas and run against Mr. Hinkle or any [...]

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George Phillies writes at GoldUSAGroup: In 2010, Libertarians made decisions. They decided that Wayne Root was totally unacceptable as National Chair, and “Anyone But Root” was better. They decided the Aaron Starr was totally and completely unacceptable as Treasurer, and voted him out to raucous cheering from the convention floor when the vote was announced. [...]

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“The most important, must-read columnists and commentators in America…that I love…that light me up…that I learn from…Wayne Allyn Root, Charles Krauthammer and Thomas Sowell.” – Bill Cunningham

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The Libertarian National Committee is meeting in Las Vegas, NV this weekend (12/10/2011 – 12/11/2011). Saturday night a fundraiser was held 7-00 pm PST to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Libertarian Party and benefit the LP building fund. David Blau is trying to setup a live video feed of the LNC meeting, but he [...]

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“I am outraged that this much time and effort has been wasted on what should have been a well organized and executed plan to fund, find and purchase an acceptable building to serve as LP headquarters for many years to come. Instead the whole effort might very well come to naught and in the meantime the LNC has done nothing to help our affiliates in our mission to elect Libertarians to public office.” – Sam Goldstein

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“Therefore be it resolved, it is the sense of the Libertarian National
Committee that the decision by four members of the Judicial Committee
in its 4-3 declaration regarding the Libertarian Party of Oregon is
not justified by the Libertarian Party Bylaws, and that the Judicial
Committee has acted outside of its limited authority, which is clearly
and explicitly defined in the Libertarian Party Bylaws; and

Be it further resolved, the Libertarian National Committee finds that
the Judicial Committee’s decision is irreparably tainted by the fact
that the deciding vote on the decision was cast by a person with an
obvious conflict of interest, and that in any other venue of
jurisprudence a person with such conflicts of interest would have been
expected or required to recuse himself.”
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Thank you to Nicholas Sarwak for this submission.

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Here is more correspondence from the debacle which has been going on in Oregon. The following three articles were found in November 2011 edition of    Liberty for America November 2011 . A history of the situation can be tracked by putting Oregon LP in the search box. then start treading from January 2011.  51 [...]

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Sent to IPR for publication. For history regarding this situation, the reader can enter “Oregon LP” in the search box and read chronologically, starting in February 2011.   Dear Fellow Patriots, I am reaching out to you in the spirit of fellowship and goodwill in the hope that all of us can arrive at a [...]

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As found in Liberty for America October 2011, we are told this resolution was read into the the August LNC minutes, a unanimous resolution: A RESOLUTION OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF GEORGIA, INC WHEREAS, the actions by the LNC appear to have exceeded its authority and is in gross violation of the guaranteed autonomy of [...]

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Forwarded by several people to myself and/or IPR, by Wagner vice chair Joe Tabor. IPR would welcome opposing perspectives if they are sent to us. Previous IPR story and links to earlier stories here. -paulie Fellow Libertarians, A very important message is attached, regarding some of the problems with a recent Executive Committee decision to [...]

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Emailed to IPR by a member of the Judicial Committee (not Bill Hall). For background and links to even earlier stories, see here. From Mark Hinkle: Dear JC Chairman Bill Hall, I’ve read the clarification of the LP JC decision regarding Wagner vs. the LNC. I have a question for the entire JC regarding this [...]

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Following the national Libertarian Party Judicial Committee decision that the group led by Wes Wagner is the legitimate LP affiliate in Oregon, and that LPHQ is to restore effective recognition to that affiliate through web linking and sharing of membership data for their state, the LNC is now allegedly voting whether or not to follow [...]

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From George Phillies in IPR Comments: The Libertarian Party National Judicial Committee has responded to the request by the Oregon State Party for clarification of their ruling on Oregon. The Judicial Committee rules the LP of Oregon does have a leadership, headed by Wes Wagner, i.e., Mark Hinkle’s claim that LP Oregon has no leadership [...]

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This correspondence was sent out yesterday regarding the recent developments in the LP Oregon. For background, read here, here, and here. There are actually a few more articles about it on this site, if the reader chooses to search “lp Oregon”. From: Mark Hinkle Date: September 5, 2011 1:15:20 AM EDT To: lnc-discuss@hq.lp.org Subject: Re: [...]

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Independent Political Report has been sent a copy of a brief filed by an LNC member with the Judicial Committee regarding the power struggle in Oregon. Brad Ploeger, who is an alternate regional representative for Region 1, has filed a long brief with the Judicial Committee. The past few months have seen the Ex Com [...]

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See the article here

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View this message at LP.org July 1, 2011 Dear Friend of Liberty: Two hundred and thirty-five years ago, freedom-loving Americans banded together to declare their independence from the King of Great Britain, and to proclaim to the entire world that men were not meant to be slaves to their government. Today, the Libertarian Party champions [...]

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Posted by Daniel Wiener on June 20, 2011 A new CNN poll is making libertarian waves, as election expert and political analyst Nate Silver reports on his FiveThirtyEight Blog in the New York Times: Americans are becoming more libertarian in their basic attitudes. The story has also been picked up by The Daily Caller and The [...]

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Libertarian Party View this message at LP.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2011 Contact: Wes Benedict, Executive Director E-mail: wes.benedict@lp.org Phone: 202-333-0008 ext. 222 Libertarian Party: 40 years is enough – end the Drug War WASHINGTON – June 17, 2011 is the 40th anniversary of America’s War on Drugs. Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle issued [...]

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From an article on WorldNetDaily.com: There was a time when I considered myself something of a libertarian. I never liked the label “conservative.” Conservatives for me were … well … too conservative, for lack of a better way of saying it. I actually wanted to shrink the federal government down to a size reflecting its [...]

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